Often using history as a lens to gain insight into the roles gender and race play in self-determination, Chandra creates vivid characters in stories that engage readers and inspire discussion.

“I knew from an early age, eleven or twelve, that I wanted to be an author. When I was a child, one of my favorite activities was spending quiet hours in my room writing short stories (come to think of it, that is still one of my favorite activities). I also reveled in make-believe games with my two brothers; I remember pretending to be pirates and Ghostbusters and jewel thieves and deep-sea divers. Those early, fanciful imaginings no doubt gave me creative fodder for the books that I’ve written, and the books that I hope are still to come.”

Chandra Prasad’s Writing

REVIEWS

"Mixed is an absorbing and thought-provoking collection of stories that explore racial identity, alienation, and people often forced to choose between races and cultures in a search for self-identity.”

Vanessa Bush - Booklist

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"Mixed is an absorbing and thought-provoking collection of stories that explore racial identity, alienation, and people often forced to choose between races and cultures in a search for self-identity.” Vanessa Bush - Booklist

"Prasad gets inside Amelia Earhart's psyche to give life to the woman behind the myth. Add this insightful novel to the list of new nonfiction Earhart books (The Sound of Wings and Amelia Earhart: The Thrill of It) coinciding with a new movie."

Kristine Huntley - Booklist, October 1, 2009

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"Prasad gets inside Amelia Earhart's psyche to give life to the woman behind the myth. Add this insightful novel to the list of new nonfiction Earhart books (The Sound of Wings and Amelia Earhart: The Thrill of It) coinciding with a new movie." Kristine Huntley - Booklist, October 1, 2009

"The multiracial characters in Mixed, who inhabit worlds as diverse as a Los Angeles suburb, an Indian reservation in Wyoming, a Vietnamese village, and the streets of Queens, New York, emerge as refreshingly complex and compelling."

Pearl Fuyo Gaskins, author of What Are You?: Voices of Mixed-Race Young People

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"The multiracial characters in Mixed, who inhabit worlds as diverse as a Los Angeles suburb, an Indian reservation in Wyoming, a Vietnamese village, and the streets of Queens, New York, emerge as refreshingly complex and compelling." Pearl Fuyo Gaskins, author of What Are You?: Voices of Mixed-Race Young People